Have you ever wondered what kind of delicious spreads royalty enjoyed at mealtime in years gone by? Thanks to the University of Manchester's John Rylands Library, you may soon get to sample some of the recipes of King Henry II, if you're willing to cook of course.

"Forme of Cury" was written in Middle English in 1390, and includes approximately 200 recipes that's King Henry's chefs used to prepare. Amongst ther ecipes are blank mang, a dish that consists of meat, milk, sugar and almonds; as well as mortrews, a dish of ground and spiced pork.

The 14th century book is one of 40 rare manuscripts that will bephotographed and placed online by the library using a special, high-definition camera. Work on digitizing the books will begin next month, and is expected to be completed by late 2009.

Other Middle English era manuscripts to be included are one of the earliest existing editions of the Complete "Canterbury Tales" by Chaucer, a 500-year-old translation of the Bible into English, and two of John Lydgates major poems "Troy Book" and "Fall of Princes."